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A bloom of algae from up above
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Algae Bloom Brings a Red Tide

An algae called Karenia brevis can bloom into a sea of red when there are...
Squalicorax shark fossil from the Smithsonian
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Squalicorax Shark Fossil

During the late Cretaceous period, Kansas was covered by a vast sea. There,...
A fossil of the ancient shark Falcatus falcatus
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The Ancient Shark Falcatus falcatus

The foot-long extinct shark Falcatus falcatus lived during the early Carboniferous...
Red Algae
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Branching Red Algae

Under the microscope, you can peer inside the cells of this filamentous red algae....
A close up of a sediment core.
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Sediment Core Close-Up

These deep-sea sediment cores were drilled from beneath the seafloor, and hold...
Unlike the green, leafy algae we're used to seeing, coralline algae has a hard crust—which you can see here at the molecular level under a scanning electron microscope.
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Coralline Algae Under the Microscope

Unlike the green, leafy algae we're used to seeing on the seafloor, coralline algae...
Red hot magma and ash erupt from an underwater volcano.
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An Underwater Volcanic Eruption

A volcanic eruption of superheated magma (some 2,200 degrees Fahrenheit) from the...
Superheated magma slowly leaks from a crack in the seafloor.
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Superheated Magma Underwater

Superheated magma, about 2,200 degrees Fahrenheit, glows orange as it slowly leaks...
Broad-leaf seagrass (Posidonia australis) with algae epiphytes grows at Corner Inlet Marine National Park in Australia.
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Seagrass with Epiphytes

Broad-leaf seagrass (Posidonia australis) with algae epiphytes grows at Corner...
Kelps are large, brown algae that grow along coasts around the world, especially in cooler regions.
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Kelp Pennant

"Fronds of giant kelp, buoyed by their gas-filled pneumatocysts, wave like pennants...
A polar bear and its cub in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska.
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Polar Bear Mother and Cub

The polar bear (Ursus maritimus) is found in the Arctic and classified as a...
dugong feeds on seagrass in the Red Sea
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Dugong Feeding

Dugongs, along with manatees, make up a group of marine mammals called sirenians or...

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